Pitchfork — Five years ago, Baltimore's art-damaged Wham City collective started running their Whartscape festival at the same time as Artscape, a gigantic free arts festival that takes over Baltimore every summer. This year, though, the Wham City folks have ... more info

DrownedInSound — We've told you about Future Islands before. Sam Breen bemoaned the overuse of reverb in their debut record In Evening Air but let's take you away from that, and give you a song which is, for want of a better term 'stripped down' and, as said elsewher... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 05-15 Houston, TX - Mango's *05-16 Austin, TX - Club Deville *05-17 Lubbock, TX - Riprocks *05-18 Las Cruces, NM - Equinox *05-19 Phoenix, AZ - Rogue Bar *05-20 San Diego, CA - Tin Can Alehouse *05-21 Los Angeles, CA - Sync Space *05-22 Los Angeles, ... more info

DrownedInSound — This trend for watered down psychedelia and ‘reverb=noise=cool’ production values is fast becoming monotonous. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Guardian Music — This Baltimore trio fuse the synth melancholy of New Order with the gruff melodrama of Tom Waits. Swordfishtechnique, anyone?Hometown: Baltimore.The lineup: J Gerrit Welmers (synthesisers, programming), William Cashion (bass), Samuel T Herring (vocal... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Our buddies at Friend Records in Baltimore just let us know about a new free compilation of theirs called Friends and Friends of Friends, which they released today (download here). Amongst new tracks from the likes of Weekends, Future Islands, Winks... more info

Pitchfork - Tours — 04-22 Washington, DC - Black Cat *04-23 Charlottesville, VA - Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar 04-24 Greensboro, NC - Guilford College04-30 Baltimore, MD - Floristree *05-01 Brooklyn, NY - Death By Audio *05-02 Philadelphia, PA - Danger Danger Gallery *05-0... more info

Pasta Primavera — Baltimore’s Future Islands have been picking up a load of praise for their new album In Evening Air.  I LOVE THIS ALBUM.  Its cemented in my mind as one of the best albums out this year.  It comes out next month via Thrill Jockey and obvio... more info

Stereogum — The chiming, upbeat psychedelia of “Natural Selection,” UNKLE’s collaboration with onetime BTW Black Angels, contrasts with “Caged Bird,” an especially sinister Where Did The Night Fall track. Celebration’s Katrina Ford ably handles the v... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Baltimore's Future Islands killed it in 2008 with Wave Like Home and they're killing it again in twenty-ten with In Evening Air. Here's the album's first single, "Tin Man," with a special shout out to all the heartless, painted-faced, lovesick fools... more info